Fish that has circular grooves on gill covers; narrow body, forked tail; animal
Adults live at sea but return to fresh water streams with sandy gravel bottoms to spawn. The fry are swept out to sea and live in estuaries and near-shore waters.
Copepods, phytoplankton, mysid shrimp, barnacle larvae, water fleas, worm larvae
Salmon, seals, sea lions, beluga whales, humans
Eulachon is an oily fish, also known as the "candlefish" because of its traditional use as a candle when dried and fitted with a wick.
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